Tack puller and driver



Oct. 23, 1928.

G. H. FAHRENBRUCH TAGK PULLER AND DRIVER Filed April 16, 1926 Patentiakl Qct. 23,- 192%.

- UNITEDSTATES PATENSTQOFFICB GEORGE H. FAHRENBRU'CH, F' SHERIDAN, WYOMINGL TACK PULLER ANI) DRIVEB.

A iplication filed April 16, 1926. Serial NO102449.

V the base, the axis of the taok Will be ab right angles 120 the base of the. hanomer,

Still another objeot of the invention is to= provide a small 'tack'pu'ller and diiVer having an integral head and handle, the handle being ourvecl about midway o1 its length and then re-loent to come directly under the head of the device. Here it is formed with a claw to pull and hold a tack against the head.

The invention in its broadest aspect is simi lar to the Eriokson Patent, N0. 1,410,801, but in the present instanoe,'the l1ead is in the form of a triangle and the entire devi ze formed'of a rodof steel.

Another objeot 01' the invention is to so form the head and cut it that a blade rhay'be secured thereon on whioh a pencil may be sharpened.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a small t-ack puller and' driVer, wherein the tack 1nay be pulled fronn a card on a freight oar or other objeot, and without removing the taok from the puller it may be quiokly driven through another oard and into the object t0 Which the oard is to be a1:- tached.

Still another objeot of the invention is to forin an integral piece ofsteel into a back pullerand driver wherein the weight Will be disposed at the proper plaoe and tl1e entire artiole may be easily and quickly made.

WVith these and other object-s in vieW, the

invention oonsists in certain new. anal novel arrangements and combination of parts as Will be hereinafter more fullydisclosed and pointecl out in the claim.

Referring no'w to the drawings, showing a preferred emloodiment of 1ny invention,

F ig. 1 is a sicle elevation of the improved tack puller and driver;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation viewed from the left 3 is a bottom view of thedevice; and

Fig. 4 is a detailed view showing the knife blade removed from the head.

Referring now to the several parts, I have shown a s1nall head 1, which is triangular in plan, the base 2 being a plane surface throughout its width a1'1d length with the exeeption of the front edge 3 Which is slightly beveled.

The apex 4 01 the head merges Wit h and is pre1erably integral with the handle 5 which handle is pre-ferably roundbut flattened as ab 6. It again merges with therod 7 o f the tack pulling portion, the rod 7 being also round in cross-seoti0h bu1} flattened at its end 8 and out out as jat 9 to-formthe two jaWs 10 the upper surfaoe oft-11a jaws:arranged to be pulled up andflie fiush with the base of tl1e head 2. As far as has been explained, it will be seen that the device is made 01 one piece of metal an'd 1nay be formed of a rod o1 steel having tl1e inetal backed up and the head forged or hannnered into the' shape sh0wn, While the parts 5 and 7 may be theCross-seotion of the original bar or rod flattened to give a spring aotion and also flattened at the end of the tack pulling portion. y

The flattened ou'u end 8 is normally spaced slightly from the base 2 of the l1ead andwhen a tack 11 is first engaged by the olaw, the beveled edge 3 allows theolaw to bel1'eld slightly 'at an angle, so that the claw may .be forced down und'er. the taol; heaol. A fulorum is 0btairied at the point 12, so that the tack may be pried from its position and the two parts 5 *and 7 maybe gripped tightly in the band to hold the tack head tightly against the base of tl1e l1ead. V

The tac'k head* then lies fiat againstthe face of the triangular-shaped head, and the axis o1 the tack is parallel with a line drawn t-lnough the apex and base of the headQ This brings ehe ioree in a straight line and the taok may be quiokly driven into th e desired objeot. The head o1" the hammer er tack puller and driveirbeing triangular in shape, fomns a nice balance for the instrument and the weight is disposed at the most a'clvantageons point;

It oi'ten happens that a railroad employee in ohanging ehe cards on a freight oar, Will necessarily have;to write something 011 the card, and as a matter ofoonvenience, I cut out a s1nall portionl3 in the hammer head so that a small blade 14 may be set therein and lie flush With the sidesof the hammer head,

o1 the penoil across the edge of the blade and thns shaipen the pencil und then write the desired data 011 the carcl. The blade is benb ab a slight angle so that. alle chances 0f an operator cuttii1g hisfinger when the evice is used as a hamrner 0x back pullef -is reduced to a minirnum.

y From the foregoing it Will be seen that I haveprovlded. a very convenient f011n of back driv'er and pnll's1 which may be easily 1nade from a piece o1 rod 01% bar steel, the end of whichjmaY be backed up o1 compressed, so

' that this-rnetal in turn 1nay be shaped to form a triangular head The handle in turn 1nay be fiattened at its rear end to provide the necssary spring action, so tha'u the tack pu1ler portion may be either forded away f101n the Hammer head 0'1 towards it, as desired.

- [lt Will also be een that the article is 0ne which may 20 und Will prove eflicient in its several uses.

Hzwing thus describd my'ihvention, What I c1aim as new and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent is A tack puller and driver consisting 01. a 10d reversely bent at 21 point between its ends forming spaced handle portions, one of the handle portions having '1ts end angulafly disposd forming a head, said head beingdisposed between the handle portions and normally blidgii1g the space betWeen'saicl por tions, the center 0f gravity of the head be'1ng loczttecl betxv6en the handle portions, ai1d the other handle portion havingspaced chwvs located at its free end und an guter plane S111- face disposed ata 1ight angle t0 the axis 0f the head.

In testimony whsreof I afiix xny siglmtnre. 1'

- GEORGE H. FAHRENBRCH 

